Ron Dexter

Ron Dexter was a MechWarrior with the Cameron's Legion mercenary unit, where he piloted a Marauder.

He became notorious in an incident on 2 May 3034 that later became known as the Nystaad Massacre: Defending the local government in the city of Nystaad on Bruben against a sneak attack from Ronin forces, Cameron's Legion found itself in an intense 3-hour urban battle that cost altogether 493 civilian casualties on the sidelines. Of these, more than 100 had been children who were killed when a school building was destroyed during the fighting; Dexter was implied to be responsible, and reputedly said afterwards that the building "had just been in the way".

Cameron's Legion suffered crippling losses on 15 June 3034 and the surviving leaders were subsequently offerend positions in the Bruben militia, which they accepted. This implies that Ron Dexter may not have been one of the survivors, as he would likely not have received such an offer following the Nystaad Massacre.

Canonicity

Cameron's Legion was the "personal" mercenary unit of German BattleTech author Hartwig Nieder-Gassel. The unit and its characters, including Ron Dexter, featured in many of his articles, scenarios and game aids in FanPro's House Magazine Wunderwelten (1989-1999) and in the German scenario pack Ronin! (1996). The storyline from Ronin! was retold in 2006 in the (canonical) Historical: Brush Wars, canonizing the unit, its exploits and minutiae as mentioned in this sourcebook (again including Ron Dexter).

Apocryphal information

According to the "Schwarzer Tag" training scenarios in Wunderwelten#Issue 20, Ron Dexter held the rank of Major and was exective officer and second-in-command of Cameron's Legion after Colonel Thomas Cameron. Dexter claimed to have defeated two opponents in subsequent 'Mech duels when he was 14 years old.

Bibliography

• Historical: Brush Wars
• Ronin! (apocryphal)
• Wunderwelten (apocryphal)